Throughout reading, he tended to take the form of Jeremy Brett's Sherlock, as that live action version tended to be the most true to the character. But I don't just want to draw Jeremy Brett. I'm then making it harder on myself by only working with the descriptions that I have available to me as I read each book.
So here is what I've got so far, a single drawing. Admittedly it was more experiment for brushes than purposeful character design, but as I draw him more, I'll develop things. One fun thing I learnt when gathering references was that in the 1880s, men would often match the fabric of their waistcoat and jacket, but not the trousers. It creates very fun opportunities for patterned trousers which I will be taking advantage of. I'm looking forward to finding descriptions of Sherlock's wardrobe throughout the books, currently it's mostly been his disguise wardrobe.
The fun thing is that since we are just starting, the characters are the youngest we'll ever see them, and I'm excited to see them grow older in time. It's just an extra thing to pay attention to with designs.
I'm mainly worried that the illustrations I plan on doing, with my current work flow, would be fully rendered pieces, which would take more time. So I need to remind myself that it is a challenge and that I'm trying to actually push my skills instead of characters in a floating void. This means I really need to work out how to compose scenes, something that I never learnt from an art teacher and very intimidated by. The timing though may cause blogs to no longer be reliably daily or I might post progressions, we can work it out.
(PS - the sewing project is nearly finished, I've reached a point that requires a lot of handsewing so I'm having a break from it)
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